SP winds my yarn

And I love him!

My new Noro Hat

Just in time for fall colors, I made this Noro Iro hat to match my favorite fall scarf. Not that this Indian summer is giving me the weather to wear it but at least I am ready! I love it! After blocking it I had to dry it quickly so it was ready for the fair - so I thought it would be fun to show you the kitchen through out the day! :)

The Auction Hat

I have made a hat that, if it doesn't sell on Etsy if I ever create a sellers page, I will be putting up for the silent auction for the Hockey fundraiser. It is made of the angora Noro blend, the warmest of this hat design.

Yea, I am a hockey Mom on top of everything else. I will also be auctioning a custom made one to go along side.




More information to soon follow about the custom made hats.

My Noro Hat and the first I sold!

My hat is the one on the right. The hat on the left is a "duplicate" of my hat, and the first hat I sold. I love how these are both the same angora blend and dye lot Noro hats, but each is unique - truly a surprise every time.




















I love making them. I am currently making a 100%wool Noro Kochoran, like Daughters hat but in hue's of blue and green, for Daughter's Godmother Mia.
Here is the yarn I started with




















And here is my work thus far - oh I need a better camera than my iPhone!

Happy Easter!

Beer Sweater #3

This is for our friend Alec.

Pink and Green Noro Hat

I made this one for Susan for Christmas. Even though the picture is blurry, I really like how the top and bottom are both green, but in the top, the pink makes a subtle stripe in and then goes away again.

My newsest Noro Hat

This is my sister Mush wearing the Christmas present I made her. I took a gamble with it, in color but more so the fiber I chose. This was the first Noro hat I made out of more fiber than wool or silk and as a result is thicker gauge. To make Mush's hat, I used one skein of Noro Kochoran , with a fiber content of 50% Wool, 20% Silk, and 30% Angora. It is thicker than the Noro I typically use and has a wonderful halo effect when knitted.I got my first skein of this Noro from Steve last winter that. I then used for a hat for my MIL. The remainder of it I used for the first beer sweater SP now uses. The thickness of this Noro yarn on size three needles made blisters on my fingers.

Typically this Noro hat pattern is made using Noro Kureyon, 100% Wool recommended Needle size: 7, and I use roughly 1.5 skeins per hat.The Kocharan, hahaha , it calls for size 10 needles, I made it on 6 maybe 7. I have also made this hat using one of the Noro Silk Gardens which it acts just like the Kureyon. After seeing what a smashing success Mush's hat is, and I am sure its also toasty in windy cold winter, I am already decreasing the rows on a Kochoran hat for ME to replace my missing Silk Garden Hat. Pictures soon to follow I am sure.

I am contemplating custom making these, one at a time, on Etsy. Wonder what I would price them at. Any thoughts?

I'm cutting myself off

I just finished my fourth and final Noro hat for Daughter's assistant teacher.

I

must

diversify.

I

am

seeing

stripes.

Help

me.

The Noro hat is done... and a new one is begun

Daughter and I wrapped it up this morning for her Kindergarten teacher.
We hope she loves it!



Here is the top view:

Sustainable Socks the Done Roving way!

I've been thinking about making some socks. It's a bit of a family joke actually, because my mother used to knit. HiHo once made a pair of socks for an old boyfriend in Stonington. He still has them, but we only learned about them when HiHo died - it was one of those stories that made us all laugh. Why did it make us laugh? Because HiHo only managed to make one sock for my father - Garro never got a full pair. I am thinking about making my first pair of socks, and mustering the courage to start such a feat, I realized that I might have to put down my Noro and move on. Noro does not seem to be washable. I was at the yarn warehouse in Bath called Halcyon on Friday. While searching for washable Noro yarn, I found that there is SOCK YARN! oh my... it's a whole new world out there when it comes to socks. I left with hands empty of sock yarn - but with one skein of bluesy Noro for the next Noro hat I will make. Anyway, after a long wonderful weekend of hockey tournaments, I wandered through Camden Maine and found a yarn store (cleverly hidden as a sweater store - almost tricked me). Low and behold, I found a new Maine yarn company that has some awesome yarns, including a sock yarn!!!!













SO I wanted to give a shout out to the new company I found!!! Done Roving Farms of Charlotte Maine - "Celebrating Rural Living and Folkart Tradition in Downeast Maine" They raise grass fed meats, "Our beef and lamb are grass fed eating only grasses, hay and supplemental minerals . We don't use growth hormones, steroids or antibiotics. All meats are processed at federal inspected butchers, packaged and labeled in this manner as well. We raise all our animals in the same manner while being committed to good pasture management practices to leave the smallest footprint behind on our land. "
I'm pretty excited to see they posted some Done Roving recipes but the best thing I found - A sock Pattern!!!
Looks like I am heading in a new directions, well I guess that will happen after a couple more Noro hats!

Nuts for Noro

I might need my head looked at.
Those 3 hats are all Noro - Daughter's on the bottom, mine in the middle, and the one in process I am making for daughters teacher. Seriously, tell me your favorite color and I will make you one.
It's a surprise every time. It's a magic show unfolding at your finger tips. LOVE MY NORO!
I'm coocoo for Cocoapuffs, I mean I am nutty for Noro.
Seriously, it's addictive. Take a look at how yummy this is.
ok - horrible blurry picture taken far too close to do this hat any justice, but I don't care - I'm in love... again....


























SP has some pretty tough competition in terms of getting my attention and making me weak in the knees...just one more row... now let me purl... purring as I knit... I'm one happy cat! :D

My next Noro project...

will be a hat for me! :D




























I think I will use the same pattern I used for Daughter's hat!

My Noro project for H2

I made this hat, by special request, for my daughter on her 6th birthday. She is so proud of it she wears it inside, not outside, and refuses to sled in it!
























Did I mention how much I am in love with Noro?!

And what did I do with the left over Noro?

Something sustainable of course!!!!





















and something that has made several men declare, "That's adorable!"

Noro... my new love

Someone please stop me... this stuff is far from local.























It's not too expensive.

It's just so much fun.

It's a surprise every time.

I love Noro.

I can't stop knitting thanks to Noro.

Thanks Noro!